Throughout the season and playoffs....I often here guys referred to as a Top 10 player or Top 20 Player.....after a while, it feels like they have referenced many more than 10 or 20 guys for those slots. I had never actually ranked players myself....so I made a Top 40 list of current players. I did 40 because I think the Top 40 are usually in the All Star discussion or on the fringes of the discussion.

I fully expect people to disagree with many of my rankings....but I do think it illustrates how difficult it actually is to be a Top 10 or 20 NBA player. One note is I somewhat contradicted myself by assuming players were healthy, but at the same time taking their injury history into consideration.